Sometimes when a player is struggling the best move is no move. This is anathema to the fan who feels urgency due to the “fanatic” that is in the very fan-DNA, trapped in a society that struggles to see beyond the now.
We have seen examples where management correctly watched a player hopelessly flail, got out its fancy notepad, and scribbled in doctor’s handwriting the prescription: “Do nothing.”
One example was the A’s debut of Khris Davis in 2016, which was an ugly sight indeed: K after K after K, mostly swinging right through fastballs and waving at bad sliders until he had enough ammunition to spell his name KKKKKKKhris.